Swann PRO-752 PTZ Security Camera with 22x Optical Zoom (White)

What customers say about Swann PRO-752 PTZ Security Camera with 22x Optical Zoom (White)?

1. 28 of 31 people found the following review helpful

   
   Terrible design, Could be excellent camera, January 14, 2014

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   Robert H (Duchesne, Utah, US) –

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   The top of the video is the same all the way around 360 degrees. You see the Camera housing and not what you want.

   The Excellent: This has a excellent picture both at night and in daylight. Zoom is fantastic. a small slow to focus but not terrible, Simple to set up and tie to other brand DVR.

   THE TERRIBLE: Camera is to deep in camera housing and when you tilt it up 55 % of the view is blocked. and not only when zoomed in, it is blocked zoomed in and out. I have now sent 2 of these back. would not have got the second one but customer service at Swann said that is was not right and must have been hurt, or built incorrect. So I had it replaced. Second was the same. Called Swann again and was told it was made like that. I said why . got no answer. if you want to only look at a down angle say not above 75% this would be a fantastic camera. (Or if you want to keep a eye on the inside of the camera housing this is for you.)

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2. 13 of 14 people found the following review helpful

   
   The most functional and clearest security camera out of eight bullet cameras., February 7, 2014

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   Michael A Smith –

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   Installation wasn’t a breeze…running the PTZ cord through the wall to the attic was a dirty thankless job. Mounting the camera was also fraught with problems and compromises and I found I couldn’t get it installed level to the roof. But, after the installation issues were over I found it to be heads and tails better than my bullet cameras and the cost for a retired military person wasn’t an issue. Even at night the picture delivered is detailed and clear. The zoom and 360 turning ability has already enhanced my ability to secure my modest home. I’ve learned no problems with the normal workings of the PTZ camera. This camera finishes off my 8 camera security system and has helped to make me feel more at ease now that I’m alone in this world and live in an Arizona neighborhood were all people who live around me are not neighbors but instead strangers. Let’s just hope the Neighborhood association has no issues with the camera installation and doesn’t make me remove it. I’d recommend this camera to anyone who can end off a wall after making numerous holes to run the cords.

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3. 5 of 5 people found the following review helpful

   
   Fantastic camera., September 21, 2014

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   Carl –

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   I have only had this camera for 4 days, but at this point I like it. It does NOT include any IR illumination (no IR LEDs), but it IS sensitive to IR, so if you have another IR light source, it will work with that. But, I have found it really does not need an IR source at night, because the 0.05 Lux light sensitivity provides very excellent (black & white) image and resolution under street light / porch light levels of light at night. If you have no light source, then you would need a separate (IR or regular) flood light. It retains brilliant color image to very low daylight levels (early dawn/late dusk). When zoomed all the way out (widest angle) it is a normal, not wide angle, image. When zoomed all the way in (22x),it is a very excellent telephoto that (in daylight) lets me read a license plate at about a 1/2 block distance. At night, under street light illumination, I can read a license plate at about 100 – 120 feet. (Stationary not moving in both cases.) The camera uses standard RS485 interface for PTZ, and works fine with a non-Swann DVR. It comes with a small PTZ controller which I’m running in parallel to the DVR connection (it can be controlled by either). The small remote is just more convenient to use (for a single PTZ camera). It is mounted outdoors, but so far only in a very honest weather environment. I’ve tried to address several of the questions I had before purchasing this. Hopefully the review will be useful to others.

   Edit to update. I’ve now had the first camera for over a month, and ordered a second one a week after the first. I also ordered a joystick PTZ controller because the small controller that comes with the camera is not able to specify a camera address, so you can’t use it when you have 2 or more cameras in parallel on the RS485 line. Both cameras continue to work well. Both are mounted outdoors, and have been exposed to heavy rain and moderate wind without problem (except the dome does get rain drops/spots on it, but they have dried clean/clear).

   I have found two minor drawbacks. First, when moving to a stored position, the camera will go away from the point first, then go to the point. This is not an issue if you are manually moving it to a specific location, but is distracting and time wasting when you are running a stored pattern execution to multiple points. The second is it sometimes does not auto-focus properly at night in poor light conditions, but can be manually focused and holds the focus once it has been focused. I’ve never had a focusing problem in daylight. For my use, neither of these is an issue, so my 5 star rating remains.

   Update about 14 months later. (12/31/15) The first of the two cameras died today. The second continues to work well.

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